When I click in the taskbar to open a new Stickie I'm prompted to type into a box to "Set Title" and then hit OK before I can type into the Stickie -- I might have set this as an option somewhere down the line but now it prevents me from quickly creating a new stickie when I'm on a phonecall.

I've combed through my options menu and I don't see anywhere to revert this option, where would I find it? Thank you!

In the General tab of Options, "New sticky defaults" are on the right-hand side. You will see "Titles are" [set when created]. Change [set when created] to [blank] using the drop-down menu. Choose OK at the bottom or hit the Enter key. That should fix it for you.